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Council member Libby Schaaf speaks to her constituents in the Maxwell Park neighborhood about the rise in crime at a press conference at the site where Judy Salamon was shot and killed driving on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 26, 2013. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Jose Ortiz, neighborhood activist, tells a story of his son and grandson barely avoiding being hit by gunshots that riddled their car on High Street recently at a press conference at the site where Judy Salamon was shot and killed driving on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 26, 2013. Council members Noel Gallo, right, and Libby Schaaf along with residents of the Maxwell Park neighborhood called a press conference to tell their stories of robberies, burglaries, and violent crime in their neighborhood and throughout Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Preston Turner,from the neighborhood crime prevention council, right, and community activist Jose Ortiz, left listen intently to fellow community members speak at a press conference at the site where Judy Salamon was shot and killed driving on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 26, 2013. Council members Noel Gallo and Libby Schaaf along with residents of the Maxwell Park neighborhood called a press conference to tell their stories of robberies, burglaries, and violent crime in their neighborhood and throughout Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Concerned residents Preston Turner and Toni Veglia listen as Council member Noel Gallo starts the press conference at the site where Judy Salamon was shot and killed driving on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 26, 2013. Council members Noel Gallo and Libby Schaaf along with residents of the Maxwell Park neighborhood called a press conference to tell their stories of robberies, burglaries, and violent crime in their neighborhood and throughout Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Nora Gonzalez listens to her fellow neighbors speak at a press conference at the site where Judy Salamon was shot and killed driving on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 26, 2013. Gonzalez and her husband moved to the neighborhood only a year ago and have already been victims of burglary. Council members Noel Gallo and Libby Schaaf along with residents of the Maxwell Park neighborhood called a press conference to tell their stories of robberies, burglaries, and violent crime in their neighborhood and throughout Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Linda Hunt places flowers at the memorial to Judy Salamon before a press conference at the site where Salamon was shot and killed driving on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, July 26, 2013. Council members Noel Gallo and Libby Schaaf along with residents of the Maxwell Park neighborhood called a press conference to tell their stories of robberies, burglaries, and violent crime in their neighborhood and throughout Oakland. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

A photo of homicide victim Judy Salamon, 66, is seen at a memorial for her on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Salamon was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving a few blocks from her home in Oakland's Fairfax district, marking the city's 56th homicide of the year. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Neighborhood residents Darrele Tyler, center, and Mike Martzke, left, visit a memorial for homicide victim Judy Salamon on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Salamon, 66, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving a few blocks from her home in Oakland's Fairfax district, marking the city's 56th homicide of the year. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

A picture, candles, flowers and newspaper clippings are seen at a memorial for homicide victim Judy Salamon, 66, on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Salamon was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving a few blocks from her home in Oakland's Fairfax district, marking the city's 56th homicide of the year. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

A picture, candles and flowers are seen at a memorial for homicide victim Judy Salamon, 66, on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Salamon was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving a few blocks from her home in Oakland's Fairfax district, marking the city's 56th homicide of the year. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

A sign is seen on the front window of homicide victim Judy Salamon's home on Best Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Salamon, 66, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving a few blocks from her home on Fern Street in Oakland's Fairfax district, marking the city's 56th homicide of the year. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting along the 2400 block of Fern Street near Fairfax Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. According to police, the victim, Judy Salamon, 66, was apparently shot while in her vehicle, causing the car to collide with another parked car. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland police investigate a shooting on 2400 block of Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Officers found Judy Salamon, 66, who had been shot by an unknown suspect while she was in her vehicle, causing it to strike a parked car. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting along the 2400 block of Fern Street near Fairfax Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. According to police, the victim, Judy Salamon, 66, was apparently shot while in her vehicle, causing the car to collide with another parked car. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

The victim in a fatal shooting lies covered along the 2400 block of Fern Street near Fairfax Avenue while Oakland police investigate the scene in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. According to police, the victim, Judy Salamon, 66, was apparently shot while in her vehicle, causing the car to collide with another parked car. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting along the 2400 block of Fern Street near Fairfax Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. According to police, the victim, Judy Salamon, 66, was apparently shot while in her vehicle, causing the car to collide with another parked car. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Photos: Community comes together to address increase in violence in the wake of neighborhood dog walker killed while driving in Oakland’s Fairfax district

City and community leaders held a news conference Friday morning to discuss the recent killing of a 66-year-old Maxwell Park woman and what crime-fighting measures will be taken in the wake of the slaying.
Neighborhood dog walker Judy Salamon was shot and killed on Fern Street in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Salamon was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving a few blocks from her home in Oakland's Fairfax district, marking the city's 56th homicide of the year.